Mastercard Furthers Investment Into Crypto Card Integration
Mastercard is queuing up a full suite of crypto partners, according to an announcement this week, in efforts to streamline its card program for crypto wallets and exchanges. The company initiative seeks to provide crypto companies with a card option that gives crypto-holders the ability to spend their digital assets anywhere that Mastercard is accepted. Swipin’ New Partnerships The flurry of partnerships include: Circle Paxos Evolve Bank & Trust Metropolitan Commercial Bank Uphold BitPay Apto Payments i2c Inc. Galileo Financial Technologies Each partner looks to play a unique role in....
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Australian crypto exchange CoinJar has released the first crypto MasterCard in the country. A post on CoinJar’s website confirmed that this card can be used just like a fiat MasterCard. Users get to spend their crypto with a fully-featured card both online and in-stores. CoinJar users can use their cards in stores and places where […]
MasterCard has contacted CoinDesk to reiterate that it does not have a relationship with Xapo, and that it had no knowledge of the company's planned product launch. The company added: "MasterCard does not have a relationship with Xapo. There is no card program currently available." UPDATE (25th April 02:30 BST): Xapo CEO Wences Casares spoke to CoinDesk to clarify the situation, stating that the company is currently working with an undisclosed bank to launch the open-loop debit card product, but it has yet to select a credit card network with which to power the offering. However, it was....
CoinJar Card will be made available through digital and physical cards and currently supports fiat-like transactions for 30 cryptocurrencies. Mastercard has been making headlines consistently as it ramps up efforts to offer crypto services across the globe. In the latest partnership with CoinJar, Mastercard will enable the Australian market to spend cryptocurrencies within its fiat infrastructure. CoinJar’s blog post highlighted that the newly launched CoinJar Card will allow users to make purchases in crypto, “wherever Mastercard is accepted.”The CoinJar Card will be made available for....
One of the world’s largest credit card company, Mastercard has partnered with the Winklevoss brothers’ Gemini cryptocurrency exchange to facilitate its credit card crypto reward system. The Gemini-powered credit cards would offer a 3% crypto reward on purchases through the card starting this summer. The card is to be issued by WebBank, a Utah-based digital […]
Crypto exchange Binance has partnered with Mastercard to launch a cryptocurrency power card for customers in Argentina. The card will be useful to spend digital assets in everyday purchases, a press release says, and reduce the gap between crypto and fiat payment rails. Related Reading: BlackRock Offers Crypto To Investors Via Latest Partnership With Coinbase […]